Salary: £39,152 – £41,771 a year plus £5,500 market supplement allowance plus £963 essential car user allowance (subject to criteria)
Hours per week: 37
Contract type: Permanent
Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of children, young people, and families? Do you thrive in complex, dynamic environments and bring experience, dedication, and compassion to your work? If so, we’d love to hear from you.
Responsibilities
We are currently recruiting for vacancies across our Children Looked After teams. In this pivotal role, you will work closely with children, young people, families, and multidisciplinary teams to provide vital support and protection for those with complex needs and risks. Your responsibilities will include:
- Conducting assessments, statutory visits, and parenting evaluations.
- Planning and implementing tailored, multi-agency interventions.
- Collaborating with internal and external partners for joint casework.
- Driving the development of best practices and procedures aligned with Social Work Professional Standards.
- Supporting management in achieving key performance targets.
Please note this role does not attract sponsorship.
About You
You are a passionate and experienced social work professional, bringing substantial post-qualifying expertise in fostering and child and family social work. With a deep understanding of the needs of young people in care, you have developed a high level of competence in the fostering field, aligning your practice with national standards and best practice guidance.
Your experience includes working directly with children who have experienced trauma, attachment challenges, and associated disorders, and you bring both empathy and insight to your approach. You have a strong track record of providing effective supervision, both one-to-one and in group settings, demonstrating confident leadership in supervisory practice and support.
A skilled communicator, you’re able to present complex reports and deliver impactful presentations tailored to a range of audiences. You thrive in collaborative environments, contributing to team-based problem-solving with a solution-focused mindset.
Building meaningful relationships is at the heart of your work—whether with children, carers, or colleagues—and your ability to engage people from all backgrounds is one of your key strengths.
You hold a DipSW, CQSW, or an equivalent recognised qualification in social work, and you are registered with Social Work England.
Eligibility & Equal Opportunity
We welcome applications from all sections of the community and are committed to developing a workforce that reflects the diversity of our borough.
Benefits
We offer a range of excellent staff benefits which include:
- From 25 to 32 days’ annual leave: linked to length of service and grade.
- Buying annual leave scheme: buy up to 20 days additional annual leave.
- Career Pathways: step up in your career or move into a specialist area.
- Pension scheme: with generous employer contributions of up to 20.2 per cent (at July 2023) and 3x salary death in service grant.
- Generous relocation package: up to £8,000 (subject to eligibility).
- Employee Assistance Programme: a free, 24/7 confidential counselling and wellbeing support service available to all employees, their partner or spouse and dependent children over 16 still living at home.
- Work/life balance: flexible working options including working from home where possible. We welcome requests for flexible working arrangements including part‑time hours and alternative working patterns.
- Training and support: unlimited access to development courses, mentoring and support and clear career pathways.
- Staff offers: includes discounts on your MOT, gym and fitness, restaurants and salons.
- Arriva Travel Club: great value savings on local bus travel.
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